Xbox One voice command guide

Now that Xbox One is out, you probably want to speak to your console. By saying "Xbox," Kinect opens up a menu that lets you speak a command at it. As noted in our review, you have to be very specific with your commands, otherwise Xbox might not understand you. Here's an overview of all the things you can say to your Kinect:

System Commands

Xbox On Wakes up Xbox One, turns on television and cable/satellite set-top box

Xbox Turn Off Puts Xbox One to sleep/off, can turn off television and cable/satellite set-top box

Xbox Shows menu of global voice command options and begins listening for the next command

Xbox Select Shows voice command options for everything on the screen that is supported. Shows channel shortcuts during full screen TV viewing

Xbox Play/Stop/Pause/Fast Forward/Rewind/Faster/Slower/Skip Forward/Skip Backward/Next Song/Previous Song Transport controls for media playback, play and pause also work for gameplay

Xbox Play [music/video] Launches video and music playback

Bing and Internet Explorer

Browse to [website] Browses to the specific website when in Internet Explorer

Xbox Bing [name] Launches Bing and searches for the specific item(s)

Do note that if you want to launch a game, you need to say the full title. So, "Forza" won't work, but "Forza Motorsport 5" will. Also, do remember that Kinect cannot differentiate between voices. It won't work when multiple people are talking at the same time. So, if you want to use voice commands, make sure only one person is speaking at a given time.